A cataract is where the lens inside the eye gets hazy as we have more birthdays. If you live to be 60, you’re going to develop cataracts. But, just because you have a cataract doesn’t mean you have to have surgery. You can look at your family members and, if your family members had to have cataract surgery, you probably will, too. Everybody, though, by 60 will develop cataracts.